"The north of Mali has become a focal point for extremists in the region", stressed on this occasion, Peter Pham, Director of the Ansari Africa Center, which belongs to the Atlantic Council think tank.

 Polisario camps in Tindouf in Algeria

 He believes that "the last thing Africa needs is another non-viable state that would be a hotbed of criminals and terrorist networks."

 While claiming to represent various ideologies, these terrorist and criminal networks are in collusion for "pragmatic" reasons, he noted at the meeting hosted recently by the think tank Carnergie Endowment for International Peace.

 For his part, Ambassador of Niger to the United States, Maman Sidikou, said in this regard, that "While terrorists are strengthening on a daily basis their position in northern Mali, the international community seems powerless" .

 It is worth mentioning in this connection that the three Western aid workers, who were kidnapped on October 23 in the heart of the Polisario camps in Tindouf, southwest Algeria, are held in northern Mali by Mujao which threatens to kill one of them if ransom demand is not met.

 
Analysis of the situation in northern Mali on TV5

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